Big things

One of my best friends it getting married this week. What an awesome, scary, huge, strange thing marriage is!

Realising the significance of her decision has been surprisingly difficult for me. Knowing that she wants to share her life with someone has evoked some fear in me. Fear that she won't be happy, fear that he will change and hurt her, fear that the marriage will change her and fear that their marriage will affect our friendship.

But love drives out fear and, in this case, the love that I know God has for them. He is walking this path with them and guiding their footsteps. Nobody knows what life will throw at them, but those of us who know God know that He walks with us and that we can bring our fears and burdens to Him and "God's peace, which transcends all understanding shall garrison and mount over our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus."

I still worry, because I care, but the job of looking after them and their marriage is not mine. My job is to be her friend, to faff over her hair and nails on Saturday morning and to pray that God will bless them.